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Noun beat has 10 senses

beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
--₁ is a kind of youth subculture; path, route, itinerary; youth subculture; path, route, itinerary
--₁ has members: beatnik, beat
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
--₂ is a kind of periodic event, recurrent event; periodic event, recurrent event
--₂ has particulars: diastole; systole; throb, throbbing, pounding
Derived form: verb beat₄
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
--₃ is a kind of musical time; musical time
--₃ has particulars: backbeat; downbeat; upbeat; syncopation
Derived forms: verb beat₄, verb beat₁₁, verb beat₆, verb beat₁₆, verb beat₁₉
beat - a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
--₄ is a kind of oscillation, vibration; oscillation, vibration
beatnik, beat - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
--₅ is a kind of nonconformist, recusant; nonconformist, recusant
--₅ is a member of beat generation, beats, beatniks
beat - the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
--₆ is a kind of sound; sound

Derived forms: verb beat₁₄, verb beat₃
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
--₇ is a kind of poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody; poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
--₇ has particulars:
catalexis; scansion; common measure, common meter; metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
--₈ is a kind of pace, rate; pace, rate

Derived form: verb beat₈
beat - a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
--₉ is a kind of stroke; stroke

Derived forms: verb beat₅, verb beat₃
beat - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
--₁₀ is a kind of sailing; sailing

Derived form: verb beat₉

Verb beat has 23 senses

beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
--₁ is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat

Derived form: noun beating₁
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to beat his opponent
beat, beat up, work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

Derived form: noun beating₂
Sample sentence:
They want to beat the prisoners
beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
--₃ is one way to strike

Derived forms: noun beat₆, noun beat₉, noun beater₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
beat, pound, thump - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
--₄ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun beat₃, noun beat₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
--₅ is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

Derived form: noun beat₉
Sample sentence:
The chef wants to beat the eggs
drum, beat, thrum - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
--₆ is one way to sound, go

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
beat - glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
--₇ is one way to glare
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
beat, flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
--₈ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun beat₈
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
beat - sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
--₉ is one way to sail

Derived form: noun beat₁₀
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
beat, scramble - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
--₁₀ is one way to agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up

Derived form: noun beater₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
--₁₁ is one way to strike

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
--₁₂ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
beat, bunk - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
--₁₃ is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
--₁₄ is one way to sound, go

Derived form: noun beat₆
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
beat, flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
--₁₅ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
pulsate, beat, quiver - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
--₁₇ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
beat - make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
--₁₈ is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
--₁₉ is one way to play

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
--₂₀ is one way to beat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
--₂₁ is one way to surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--₂₂ is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
--₂₃ is one way to tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody